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The claim

A positive antibody test can prove that you are immune to SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

Original publisher’s rating

Uncertain. Antibodies in your blood show that your body has fought an infection caused by the novel coronavirus. But having a positive antibody test has not yet been proven to tell you with certainty that you are immune to being infected a second time.

Reviewed by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine ↗ ·

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    Original review: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Structured data compiled by Data Commons under CC BY 4.0. Publisher article content is subject to its own terms.

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